Improvement in curry-combs



UNITED STATES PATENT `QEEIOE.

JOHN H.BAEE1NGER,OE LINCOLN, NEBEAsKA, AssIeNoR To M. J. cAssELL,

' OE sAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURRY-COMBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,455, dated April27, 1875; application filed June 20, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. BARRINGER, of Lincoln, in the county ofLancaster' and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Curry-Combs 5 and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingsmaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a sectional View, andFig. 2 is a plan view, of my curry-comb. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, andFig. 4 a plan view, of the same. Figs. 5, 6, 7 are detailed views, andFig. 8 is a sectional view, of the same. Fig. 9 is a plan view, andFigs. l0 and ll are detail views, of the same.

'A'nis invention has relation to curry-combs having toothed plates onboth sides, so that nue or coarse teeth can be used at pleasure; and itconsists in constructing upon the rear end of a round shank a shoulder,which is adapted to serve, in connection with a nut or spring on thefront end of said shank, as a means of preventing the comb from casuallyrotating when properly adjusted for use.

In the annexed drawings, A A designate flat metal plates, of suitablelength and width, which are stamped out ot sheet metal, so as to formiine teeth a on one of their edges, and coarser teeth a on their otheredges. rlhese comb-plates may have holes b b b', as shown in Fig. 5,through them, two of which, b b, are designed for long rivet-rods c c,and the intermediate ones are designed to receive a round' shank, B, onwhich the several plates composing the comb can b e rotated. Then thecomb-plates A are secured in position they are separated and held atproper distances apart either by means of spacing-tubes d d., applied onthe rivet-rods c c, as shown in Figs. l and 2, or by means ofsheet-metal strips d d', as in Fig. 4, which latter completely close thespaces between the comb-plates, and prevent the passage of dust betweensaid plates while using the comb. When the plates A are secured asdescribed they constitute a curry-comb, and are applied on the roundshank B, one end of which has a crank-handle, C, secured to it, and isconstructed with a tenon or shoulder, c. When the curry-comb is appliedon its shank B, and set up against the crank C by means of a thumb-nut,g, the tenon c will enter a hole in one of the combplates, and preventthe comb from turning. By simply loosening the nut g the comb can beturned around the shank B, and the fine or coarse teeth brought intoposition for use. D I), Fig. 4, designate two metal pieces, which may beriveted to the comb, designed for use as knockers, to prevent battering'the comb while beating the dust out of it. Figs. 6 and 7 showcomb-plates of U shape, secured together back to back, and riveted torigid strips h h. The hole to receive the shank B may be formed bycrimping or grooving the combplates, as shown at a, Fig. 4. S designatesa spring, ot metal or rubber, which may be placed between the outer endof the comb and the nut g, for the purpose of allowing the comb to bedetached from its shoulder or tenen c, and turned on its shank B withoutunserening the nut g.

In practice, the nut may be omitted when the spring S is used, and theend ot' the shank riveted.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a curry-eomb, the combination of the shouldered shank B, the seriesof comb-plates, the inner one being recessed for the reception of theshoulder c of shank B, and nut g, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HENRY BAItItINGER.

Witnesses:

J. N. GAssELL, J AMEs F. LANsINe..

